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From Byzantium to Ancient Ruins Istanbul, Cappadocia, and Ephesus Journey

Turkey, İstanbul
Embark on a series of unforgettable journeys with us. Experience the allure of the Byzantine Empire through our Byzantium Journey, where history comes alive with its opulent tales. Join us in these immersive experiences that bring history..

7 DAY(s)

  • PRICES
  • PER PERSON IN DOUBLE ROOM
    €1850
  • SINGLE ROOM
    €2500
  • INFORMATION
  • Day 1 Istanbul

    Transfer from the airport to your hotel. Day at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul.

    Day 2 Istanbul  

    Full Day Old City Tour:

    Pick up from your hotel to visit Topkapi Palace, with royal treasury and elegant four courts. After lunch, proceed to the Hagia Sophia, a great Byzantine architectural masterpiece, whose interior is resplendent with golden mosaics. Then admire the delicate design and Iznik tiles of the Blue Mosque. Explore the ancient Roman Hippodrome with Egyptian Obelisk and Serpentine Column. Finally, stop off at the dazzling Grand Bazaar with over 4000 shops. Drop off to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

    Breakfast Lunch

    Day 3 Istanbul  

    Full Day Bosphorus & Two Continents Tour:

    Pick up from your hotel to visit the bustling Spice Market – a colorful bazaar heaped with various sweets and spices. Then you’ll take a relaxing Bosphorus boat cruise between the continents of Europe and Asia – gliding past Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palaces, ornate wooden Ottoman mansions and mosques, Rumeli Fortress and the Bosphorus Bridge. In the afternoon, visit the beautiful Beylerbeyi Palace following by a scenic stop on Camlica Hill for panoramic views over Istanbul. Drop off to hotel. Overnight Istanbul.

    Breakfast Lunch  

    Day 4  Cappadocia

    After breakfast transfer to airport transfer and fly to Cappadocia. on arrival to cappadocia Transfer to hotel. Then start with a gentle walk through orchards, unusual volcanic rock formations and rock-cut houses at Red & Rose Valley. Visit the old Christian Village of Cavusin, followed by lunch and then an excursion to Pigeon Valley. In the afternoon, visit Kaymakli Underground City, which hid local Christians from Arab invaders, Drop off to hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

    Breakfast Lunch

    Day 5 Cappadocia Kusadasi  

    Pick up from your hotel after breakfast to explore Devrent and Monk’s Valley, to see the extraordinary mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles or ‘fairy chimneys’. Continue on to the small village of Avanos, famous for clay pottery design. After lunch, proceed to the Goreme Open Air Museum, featuring the most impressive rock-carved churches and Byzantine frescoes in all Cappadocia. Finally enjoy a view of the moonscape valleys from the rock-perched natural citadel at Uchisar. After tour transfer to kayseri airport and flight to Izmir and transfer to kusadasi overnight in kusadasi.

    Breakfast Lunch

    Day 6 Ephesus Istanbul  

    After breakfast tour to Ephesus Today you experience one of the best-preserved ancient ruins in the world. Once the commercial centre of the ancient world, with wealth and patronage to support a splendid architectural programme, Ephesus was dedicated to the goddess Artemis. Her enormous temple, once considered one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World and rebuilt several times, dates in its latest form from the third century B.C.

    The tour of the ruins also includes a theatre, gymnasium, agora and baths, as well as the Library of Celsus. After the day tour, transfer to İzmir airport and flight to İstanbul on arrival to İstanbul transfer to hotel overnight stay in istanbul

    Breakfast Lunch

    Day 7 Istanbul

    After breakfast transfer to airport and our Services ends

    INCLUSIONS
    •   All accommodation B&B at a choice of selected hotels.
    •   All sightseeing tours of the places mentioned in the program.
    •   All tours with professional licensed guide
    •   All transport with new air-conditioned deluxe vehicles.
    •   All meals where shown in the itinerary with this legend (B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner).
    •   All airport transfers throughout, as indicated in the itinerary.
    •   All entrance fees to the visited sites in the itinerary.
    •   Domestic Flight tickets


    EXCLUSIONS
    Personal Expenses
    Dinner
    Tips to Driver and Guide

    Hotels
    Istanbul Recital Hotel 4* or Similar
    Cappadocia Temenni evi cave hotel or Similar
    Kusadasi : Charisma Deluxe hotel or Similar

    PRICES
    PER PERSON IN DOUBLE ROOM 1,850 USD
    SINGLE ROOM : 2,500 USD

  • LANGUAGE OPTIONS
  • English

  • PLACES TO VISIT
  • Old City Istanbul, Cappadocia, Kusadasi, Ephesus